Padding strip for furniture and other articles



F 1935- J. DUVALL 1,989,794

PADDING STRIP FOR FURNITURE AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed June 1, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 5, 1935. J DUVALL 1,989,794

PADDING STRIP FOR FURNITURE AND OTHER ARTICLES ained Feb. e, 1935' I 1,939,794

U I ED- STATES PATENT. OFFICE PADDING STRIP FOB FURNITURE AND 7 OTHER ARTICLES James Duvall, Camas, wan, assignor to Crown Willamette Paper Company, San Francisco, Galiih, a corporation of Delaware Application June 1, 1934, Serial No. 728,519

4 Claims. (Cl. 154-44) The object of my invention is to provide a padd, for example, placed one over the other, and a ding strip, especially adapted for use for furnicover sheet e. The lateral edges e, c2 of the ture, inexpensive, easily applied, nd adapted to cover sheet are folded over and secured to the hold itself temporarily in place, until tied or lateral edges f pp r liner sheet as illusotherwise secured, on the edges of a flat horizontrated in 8- The D d 18 t Provided with 5 tal surface, as, for example, the edges of a table a longitudinal m di l crease f and hi r a or desk; and further adapted to prevent uneven must be p r n ly Set in h S rip 8 h t th pressure being applied to certain portio 1 th lateral portions of both sides of the said longisurface covered by the pad due to unevenness of t ldinal medial crease I t eome together 8- w the pad, Such uneven pressure is frequently illustrated by Fig. 4. Said permanent set of the 10 aused by other types of padding used on fumicrease I may be produced in various ways, of which ture, and tends to ca se ar on th furniture I will describe those found more practical by me. surface. For example, the strip may be stitched as indi- I attain my object in a. padding tri c m rigcated by stitches 0 along the line of said longi- }5 ing a cushion layer composed of relatively soft tlldlrlal e crease in a- 4, O t e e most pliable. preferably crinkled liner-sheets of paper, l e t hat is t say, th n ad nt t and a cover sheet of paper of stronger texture, the c Sheet 8 m y b limited t the at the lateral edges of said cover sheet being folded 816118 Said longitudinal d a c a li I. I over and secured to the lateral edges of the top find it also an advantage for the P p 01 P of said liner sheets: and by making my padding manelltl? l l' 581d crease n u in h 20 strip in such manner that its lateral portions tend lateral P o s of the padding strip to tend o to fold or come together on a longitudinal medial come together flsgmentioned t0 make the linerline. This latter characteristic is one of the es- Sheets a, e and d, progressively W e i thei sential features. of my padding strip, and I obtain Ofdel 01 approach to Said cover Sheet 8- this by forming in my padding strip a permanent, r h p rp 1 kin my line! rip I m- 25 longitudinal medial'crease. These details, and p a machine a ll st a by -'1. 8 and 9. other incidental features. of the construction of It comprises teble section It Over which are fed my padding strip I have hereinafter fully des s f s f p ia e. p a l rink ed pap r scribed with reference to the accompanying drawf r0118 9', k. e e he ts are drawn under v lugs. a shoe m into a folder n. Underneath the sheets 30 Inthe drawings; passing from said rolls into the folder 1: extends Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive illustrate the construction a Sheet of P p r n r x ur wh ch is to a of, and the different stepsand stages for making constitute the cover of one face of the cushion my padding strip; layer of my padding strip, such cover sheet being Fig. 5 illustrates the method or using m n r drawn from a roll p'over guide rolls q, r and 35 strip for protecting an edge of a flat surface such while pass g over the guide 1 e a eral as a table or desk, and further illustrates how ed s f h cover sheet e a h av a strip of my padding strip tends to hold itself in place paste appli d thereto m a pa t 'nan s i which preliminarily to being tied or otherwise; runs a poster roll t, the latter adapted to apply 40 Fig. 6 illustrates a method of folding and rollpaste only to the lateral edges of the cover sheet 40 ing up my padding strip for shipment or storage, 8, as mentioned. However, if it is desired to so as to. retain in the strip the longitudinal medial paste the cover sheet to the adjacent liner-sheet crease, and the tendency of the lateral portions along the lon i n l m l crease l the tofold or come together; paste roll would, of course, be correspondingly Fig. 7 shows a diagrammatic side elevation of a constructed to apply the required additional strip 45 machine for making my padding strip; of paste at the center of the cover sheet. The Fig. 8 is a top view of said machine; lateral walls 11., 712 of the folder 1i are adapted to Fig. 9 is a cross-section on me 9-9 f Fig, 3; fold the lateral edges of the cover sheet s over and. and paste the same to the edges of the upper- Fig. 10 illustrates the difficulty encountered in most sheet a. For such pu p the Walls 1 5 the use of a similar padding strip without the at the receiving end of the folder n are perpenlongitudinal medial crease. dicular and then are curved inward so that at Asshown by my Fig. 1, my liner strip comprises the outgoing end of the folder said walls are a cushion layer composed of sheets of relatively arranged as shown by the cross-section in Fig. 9. 515 soft, preferably crinkled liner sheets a, b, c and The padding strip, upon leaving the folder n, is

drawn between two creasing rolls 2), v, the lower '0' of which has a shallow, central, circumferential groove as at '02, Fig. 8, and the upper roll of on the longitudinal medial crease and-kept inthls condition until used. For convenience in handling, shipping, or storing it may be rolled up as indicated in Fig. 6. In such case it is desirable to roll the strip on a core with a diameter of at. least 8 inches. The rolling upof the strip in this way not only retains the longitudinal medial crease and the tendency of the lateral portions on both sides of the crease to come together, but

-makes the strip very convenient ior handling since it can be unrolled as used and cut oil? into any lengthsdesired. V I The utility and convenience of my padding strip "are further-apparent with- -reference to Fig. -l0,

'which illustrates a-similar padding stripmade without the longitudinal crease and without any tendency to fold together. In this figure the strip of padding y'is shown placed on the edge of the table 2 but if too much of the strip extends beyond the edge of the table the-strip becomes'over applied to such places.

' useful in the 'ship ment of plumbing-fixtures and composed of relatively'softpliable liner-sheets'of balanced-and falls off, as shownbythe dotted line.

-It will be clear'in referring'to.Figfi -thatthls annoyance is completely eliminated by the special feature which the longitudinalcrease-consti-.

tutes. Itis also evident that my creased padding strip is'particularly. suitable for corners and easily While my padding strip is-especially designed for padding furniture for shipment,etc.-,' it is also otherarticles, since it forms a very eiilc ient and protective padding and requires a relatively smaller crate than is requiredwhen most of the other kinds of "padding are used for such articles.

.While it is not necessary'thatthe' liner 'sheetsfof j my padding strip be] crinkledffor crpedpaper,

it is preferablethat they should be since the creping causes airvto be entrapped and renders 'the individual sheets of paper,and consequently the entire padding strip, mor e cushiony.

Another advantage of my padding strip is that it has practically no fire hazard as compared with .paddlngs using excelsior or shredded newspaper. I

will tend to be temporarily held in place by the reflex action of its lateral portions.

,2. A padding strip comprising a cushion layer composed of relatively soft pliable, crinkled liner- -sheets of paper and a cover sheet of paper of stronger-texture covering one face of said cushion layer,-the lateral edges of said cover sheet being folded over and secured to the lateral edges of the top of said liner-sheetscthe padding strip provided with a longitudinal: medial crease adapted to fold the laterahportions'of the strip against each other; whereby thepadding strip whenopened out .on its said crease andplaced:

over an angular surface will-tend to betexnporarily held in place by thesreflex action .of its lateral-portions. 1

3.'A padding strip comprising a cushion layer composed of relatively soft'pliable liner-sheets of paper and'a cover sheet of paper of stronger texture covering one face of. saidcushionlayer, the lateral edges of said cover sheet being folded'over and secured tothe lateral edges ;of the top of said liner-sheets'the padding strip provided with a longitudinal medial crease adapted tofold the lateral portions .01 the strip against each other; the liner-sheets progressively increasing in width .towards the cover sheet so as to tend to maintain saidcrease.

4. A paddingv strip comprising ,a cushion :layer .paper and a cover sheet 0;? paper of stronger texture'covering 'oneface of said' cushionlayer, the lateral edges of said cover sheet being folded over and secured :to the lateral: edges of the tonal! said-liner-sheets, the paddin'g'strip provided with a longitudinal medial crease adapted to fold the lateral portions of the .strip;against each other,

the liner sheets progressively increasing in width towards the cover sheet so as "to tend tomaintain said crease,and the cover sheet and adjacent liner sheet being fastened together on saidcrease line.

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